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No fewer than eleven traders lost their lives when a boat conveying 29 passengers capsized on Tafa River, Maun 2 in Ipokia local government area of Ogun State.Sixteen other passengers were rescued alive while two others, at the time…

Mr Tunji Olawuyi has said that his victory at Saturday’s Ekiti/Isin/Oke-Ero and Irepodun federal constituency bye-election in Kwara as a victory for the people of the state.Olawuyi said that the success was a sign of more victories…

United States President Donald Trump has arrived in California to survey the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in the state’s history. The Camp Fire, in northern California, has killed at least 71 people. More than…

Roadside traders at the Ladipo International Auto Spare Parts Market in Lagos have been ordered to leave or face sanctions. The Federal Ministry of Works gave the traders this quit notice on behalf of the Nigerian Government.…

In a recent report by the Gates and Melinda Foundation, 41% of women in Nigeria are entrepreneurs, compared to only approximately 10% in the US and 5.7% in the UK. The report further shows that Nigeria has the highest…

Ekwashi Sunday Onwe, 19, from Ohaukwu local government area of Ebonyi State, startled workers at the Center for Psychic and Healing, a private herbal center located in Awka, when he opened a bag and brought out the genitals and…

UNIDENTIFIED gunmen have kidnapped a 90-year old retired teacher, Chief Oseaba Ejebelienu, at Emu-Unor community, Ndokwa West Local Government Area, Delta State.It was learnt that the nonagenarian was abducted at his house  by the…

Jide Sanwo-Olu Mainstream Group, JISMAG, has implored Lagosians to support the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in the forthcoming general elections, saying  APC will …

Five more sets of human remains were discovered in the Camp Fire area in Northern California, raising the death toll to 76, authorities said Saturday. Of the newly discovered remains, one body was found in Concow, while the…

The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has insisted that the House of Representatives lied in the report of its committee on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness, which indicted the agency of violation of public trust…

The Nigerian Military says it has killed one of the leaders of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) – the Boko Haram factional group believed to have abducted Leah Sharibu. A statement from the Nigerian Army…

Pop star Davido has shared photos the expensive birthday gifts he has received so far and they are a luxurious, customised diamond neck pieces and a $300,000 Richard Mille wristwatch. The ’Nwa Baby’ singer took to Instagram to show…

Operative of the Inspector General of Police Monitoring Team in Rivers State have nabbed a couple who sold their day-old baby for N250,000 to pay off debts incured during wife’s pregnancy. The family told Sunday Vanguard that they sold…

Nigerian singer Runtown buys pet Lion, which he showed off on his Instagram page earlier today and his celebrity colleagues have swarmed to his page to react to the strange acquisition. The singer posted a video of himself feeding…

Ahmed Musa has questioned the offside call that denied Nigeria a winner in Saturday’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against South Africa at the FNB Stadium. In the 83rd minute of the clash and with the score tied at 1-1,…

Nigerian man took to Facebook to lament, after mistakenly transferring N1m to an Uber driver as payment for a recent trip. According to the Nigerian man, the money he transferred to the Uber driver was part payment for a…

Vice-president Mike Pence vowed Saturday the US would hold the murderers of Jamal Khashoggi to account, following media reports that the CIA had concluded the Saudi Crown Prince was behind the journalist’s killing. “The…

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Adams Oshiomhole, has dismissed allegations that he collected bribes of about 80 million dollars to manipulate the outcome of the party primaries in some states…

Zimbabwean businessman Munya Chihota’s face lights up when he recalls taking part in a march last year with tens of thousands of people calling for then-president Robert Mugabe to step down. The march came after the…

The police at the Maroko Division, Lekki, Lagos have arraigned a house help, Elisha Henry, 37 before a Lagos Magistrate Court for allegedly stealing his employer’s jewelries valued at N70,650,000. A police source alleged…

Arsene Wenger has told Paris Saint Germain (PSG) how they could win the race to sign an in-demand Arsenal star when the transfer window reopens in January, according to reports. Aaron Ramsey may have been savagely told he…

The Minister of Information, Mr. Lai Mohammed, has described the conduct of the by-election in Kwara State as peaceful. Mohammed said this on Saturday after casting his vote at ward PU 006 Oro. He said that he was…

Officials of the Nigerian Army on Saturday were caught on camera shooting sporadically and assaulting traders at CMS area of Lagos Island. Eyewitnesses alleged some persons in the area had earlier ganged up to beat up a…

In 1999, not long after Obasanjo became President, the “Christian community” of Odi in Bayelsa State murdered some Mobile Policemen sent there on a peacekeeping mission.But “Christian President” Olusegun Obasanjo didn’t waste time…